Improvement in buckles for harness



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEROME W. ROPP AND RANSOM o. KIBBY, oF-ELYRIA, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUCKLES FOR HARNESS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,766, dated Marth11, 1873.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JEROME W. Ron and RANSOM OIKIBBY, of Elyria, in thecounty of Lorain and State of Ohio, have jointly invented a new anduseful Breeching-Stay Fastening and Buckle fonflarness, of which thefollowing is a specification:

Ourinvention relates to a fastening for breeching-stays and hip-strap ofharness; and our improvement consists of a buckle device having sideloops to which the breeching-stays are secured and a holding-guide forthe hipstrap, the advantage of which improvement being the saving inexpense of the usual uniting-ring and about twelve inches of leather,including the usual loops and the necessary work in putting themtogether; and also to dispense with the buckle and its upward-projectingtongue, and thus prevent the catching of the horses tail on the lines ofthe driver.

We are aware that a breeching-loop has been made for uniting theback-pad or harness-tree and belly-girth, and the hamestug with theside-strap passing to the breechingring; but suohdevice we do not claim,as it cannot be used for uniting the breechingstays to the hip-strap;and, moreover, is not designed for the purpose and place for which ourimprovement is intended.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a front view of ourimproved holding device as applied to the harness. Fig. 2 represents arear view of the same. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section, Fig. 4 across-section, and Fig. 5 a view in perspective, of the rear side of thedevice.

The holder is cast of a single piece with a cap-plate, a, from the endsof which extend parallel holdingarms b, which also form inwardprojectingsidesc to the cap, with the ends of the arms I; united by cross-bars d.These arms are curved inward slightly so as to form a space between thecap-plate and the cross-bars for the hipstrap A to pass through, andwith the sides 0 and cross-bars d, hold said strap snugly beneath thecap a, a short inward-projecting pin, 0, from which enters the desiredhole f in the hip-strap and secures it. Loops g 9 project from the sideplates 0, into which the stays h are secured while their lower ends areunited to the breeching-plate t, and thus connected with the hip-strapA;

The guide and socket for the hip-strap keep the latter straight, and itcan be easily detached from its holding-pin e by simplybend ing thestrap and pushing or pulling it through the guide, when'the pin e willenter the hole.

The device forms aneat finish and avoids the objectionable buckle withits upward-projecting tongue so annoying in catching the tail of thehorse.

As a new article of manufacture, it can be furnished the trade and usedwith about half the expense of the usual attachment and Work.

Having described our invention, we claim- The breeching-stay fastening,having the side-projecting loops 9 g for the stays h h, and thecontinuous curved side plates b c,'cap a, cross-bars d d, and projectingpin e, for fastening the short stays and the hip-strap, and to obtainthe advantages herein set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JEROME W. ROPP. RANSOM 0. KIBBY.

Witnessesi N. L. JOHNSON, J. E. BURNELL.

